Prenuptial Settlement by Lease & Release

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 205 LC000TN/3/12/52
  • Former Reference
      GB 205 WYL100/F/17/51
  • Dates of Creation
      17-18 May 1776
  • Physical Description
      1 item

Scope and Content

1. Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford, Lord Chamberlain.

2. Rt. Hon. Francis Seymour Conway, Lord Viscount Beauchamp.

3. Charles Lord Viscount Irwin and the Lady Frances Viscountess Irwin.

4. Isabella Anne Ingram Shepheard, d. of 3. of Grafton.

5. Edward Duke of Somerset and Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.

6. Lewis Watson Lord Loundes, Henry Pelham Lord Pelham, Edwin Sandys Lord Sandys and the Hon. Charles Fitzroy.

7. Charles Moore Earl of Drogheda and Edward Lascelles of Harewood esq.

8. Horace Walpole of Strawberry Hill, esq., and Henry Herbert of High Clear, Hants., esq.,

9. Hugh Duke of Northumberland and Soames Jenyns of Bottsham, Co. Cambs. esq.

Reciting marriage settlement of 2 and his late wife Alice Elizabeth d. and coheir of Herbert Viscount Windsor, 1 and 2 Feb. 1768 and reciting a Report of the M.R. concerning the estate of Isabella Anne Ingram Shepheard under the Will of her grandfather Samuel Shepheard, 12 Jan. 1776 and a further Report, 15 Jan. 1776 and an order confirming the settlement made thereby, 20 Jan. 1776, NOW, in consideration of a marriage agreed between 2 & 4 and of £19,542. 2. 7d. (portion) to be paid to 2 with such other estates & sums as are due to him, 1 & 2 appoint:

The manor of Ragley, and lands in Arrow, Priors Salford, Salford, Luddington, and Binton Co. Warwick to various uses to provide a jointure for 4 and lands in Co. Down & Antrim to provide for younger children (the complications of this elaborate settlement preclude any full analysis here).

Signed and Sealed: Hertford, Beauchamp, Irwin, F. Irwin, Isabella Ann Ingram Shepheard.

Acquisition Information

Acc. 1012

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Engrossed on 25 skins.